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Stephen Pollard

ByStephen Pollard, Stephen Pollard

Opinion

The great scandal of the age

September 22, 2010 14:05
1 min read

The Guardian today highlights one of the great scandals of our time. An outrage so, well, outrageous, that the country would, if we Brits had any decency, be protesting in the streets.

It is, of course, "UK poetry's ethnic imbalance".

Yup. Someone called Lara Pawson has penned a piece in the paper which appears to be serious, even though it just has to be a skit. I mean it just has to be...

She blames it on that nasty Jeremy Hunt, who somehow manages to retain office despite presiding over the terrible poetry ethnic imbalance.